Erie man re-arraigned on charges in September assault

An Erie man was returned to jail on a new bond this morning in a September case in which he is accused of assaulting two women on the city's east side.

Brian L. Keyes, 26, was re-arraigned before Erie 2nd Ward District Judge Paul Urbaniak on charges of aggravated assault and simple assault in a Sept. 17 incident at East 26th and Perry streets, where police accused him of knocking a woman unconscious and breaking the jaw of another woman in a dispute involving a dog.

Urbaniak returned Keyes to the Erie County Prison on $10,000 bond.

Keyes was initially jailed on 10 percent of $10,000 bond when he was first arraigned on the charges on Sept. 26. He was free on bond when Erie police said he assaulted another woman at a Washington Avenue residence on Nov. 26.

Keyes was in jail in the latest assault case on Friday, when he failed to appear in court for his preliminary hearing in the September assault case. Erie 5th Ward District Judge Joseph Lefaiver issued a bench warrant for Keyes on Friday.